Predictors of outcome and pathological considerations in the surgical treatment of intractable epilepsy associated with temporal lobe lesions

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 450-458

  Hennessy, M J ^a   Elwes, R D C ^a   Honavar, M ^b   Rabe Hesketh, S ^b   Binnie, C D ^a   Polkey, C E ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumour; Focal lesion; Outcome; Surgery; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0035056960     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.70.4.450     Document Type: Article

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